30 U.S.C. § 522 : US Code - Section 522: Conflicting periods of location of claims

Search 30 U.S.C. § 522 : US Code - Section 522: Conflicting periods of location of claims

(a) If any mining claim which shall have been located subsequent
to December 31, 1952, and prior to December 11, 1953, and which
shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, shall cover any
lands embraced within any mining claim which shall have been
located prior to January 1, 1953, and which shall be entitled to
the benefits of this chapter, then as to such area of conflict said
mining claim so located subsequent to December 31, 1952, shall be
deemed to have been located December 11, 1953.
(b) If any mining claim hereafter located shall cover any lands
embraced within any mining claim which shall have been located
prior to February 10, 1954, and which shall be entitled to the
benefits of this chapter, then as to such area of conflict said
mining claim hereafter located shall be deemed to have been located
one hundred and twenty-one days after August 13, 1954.